[C320-list] Leaking portlight

[Chef Adam Weiner]

With 88 people in the galley and cranking out 3,500 breakfast/lunch/dinner
and about 2,000 mid-rats.

Adam

-----Original Message-----
From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
[mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack McDonough
Sent: Thursday, April 02, 2009 1:15 PM
To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight

Adam:

I was on the USS Valley Forge from 1957 to 1960. (I was 5 years old at the 
time). The Valley, which has long since been scrapped, was an Essex class 
carrier. It was Christened just after WWII and saw action in Korea and 
Vietnam. The Nimitz is much newer and much bigger, of course.

jack





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chef Adam Weiner" <esquirecatering at rcn.com>
To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 8:43 PM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight


> Jack, which carrier and when?
>
> The Navy wants me to teach on the NIMITZ?
>
> Adam
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com
> [mailto:c320-list-bounces at lists.catalina320.com] On Behalf Of Jack 
> McDonough
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 7:03 PM
> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
> Warren and Martin:
>
> Thank you for that tutorial. I must travel with the wrong crowd. In a
> quarter century of sailing -- plus nearly three years aboard an aircraft
> carrier --  I have never, ever heard the term "portlight." They were just
> portholes. We always assumed that the glass was part of the package.
>
> jack
> sure bet #947
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 01, 2009 2:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>
>
>> Port: A hole in the hull of a boat for observation. When below the water
>> line, a port may have a watertight cover to prevent the ingress of water.
>> When above the water line, a port may have a cover that can be opened.
>>
>> Light: is the name used in architecture for a pane of glass or other
>> transparent material used in a window or door.
>>
>> Thus, a port light is a transparent material used to close a port from 
>> the
>> weather.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Jack McDonough [mailto:mcdonough5 at verizon.net]
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 3:21 PM
>> To: C320-List at Catalina320.com
>> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>> OK. I'll bite. What the hell is a portlight? A porthole with an LED? The
>> red
>>
>> running light? Or is it a potty light that illuminates the head?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "Bill MacRae" <seacalling at msn.com>
>> To: <c320-list at catalina320.com>
>> Sent: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 6:40 AM
>> Subject: [C320-list] Leaking portlight
>>
>>
>>
>> I looked through the archives and could not find the o'ring size.  Does
>> anyone know what size o'rings are used on the latches and any tips on
>> replacing the gasket?   The portlights are the old style with the twist
>> latches.  They do not leak around the outside bedding, but the gasket
>> material is in bad shape and it may also be leaking around the o'ring and
>> down the latch.
>>
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Bill
>>
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